In Popular Culture
Moncton is mentioned several times in the 1961 Twilight Zone episode "The Odyssey of Flight 33", in which the lost aircraft desperately tries to contact Moncton Air Traffic Control, as well as the air traffic control in Gander and Boston.
Moncton is briefly mentioned in the movie "Taking Lives" (2004) starring Angelina Jolie, when the killer boards a train from Montreal to Moncton.
The title of the "Barenaked Ladies" song "Enid" was inspired by Enid Léger, a waitress at Spanky's Pub (which once occupied the space on Main Street now home to Terra Verde) in Moncton, New Brunswick. The band found it interesting that "Enid" spelled backwards is "dine." However, the song is not actually about her.
The title of I Mother Earth's song "Shortcut to Moncton" on the album Scenery and Fish (track 7) was inspired by a highway sign on the Trans-Canada highway that points to the old Fredericton Road that says, "Shortcut to Moncton".
The Trailer Park Boys episodes "Propane, Propane" and "Working Man" mention Moncton several times. In addition, within the context of the series, Sunnyvale Trailer Park is supposedly located near Moncton (In reality, the series was filmed in the Halifax area).
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